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THE FORMER FINANCE director at Anglo Irish Bank, Willie McAteer, has been released without charge after he was arrested yesterday.
Gardaí said a file on the case will be prepared and sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions. The arrest came as part of an investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the bank by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement.
McAteer, in his 60s, was held at Irishtown garda station until his release earlier this morning. This is the second time he has been arrested.
The Irish Independent reports that former Anglo chairman Seán FitzPatrick is expected to be questioned again by gardaí over the coming days.
FitzPatrick has already been arrested twice, earlier this year and in March 2010.
Anglo Irish Bank has now been officially renamed the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation after merging with Irish Nationwide Building Society.
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I’d love to get this cowboy and Fitzpatrick and make them walk up and down every main street in Ireland with a sign apologising to the Irish people for their crimes. Jail, let’s hope so (even though that’s too good for them!)
publicity stunt to take your mind of paying the bondholders……probably had nice tea and biscuts and a chat!!!!!
Feels like a monday, cause a wave of depression just landed.tired of this shit.wonder what questions were asked
Probably along the lines of; “How do you like your coffee Willie”
“Would you like me to stroke you, Willie?’ #anglo #onlyasking
Predictable as ever.
Lol nothing will happen his new name is scot free. Politicians from all sides have their little screw Irish people fingers in all this. Never be a prosecution of anyone. who ever backs these plebs current government might aswell blind fold themselves and block their ears so they can neither see or here their people shout out for help and justice. The piper plays and the rats follow.
Smokescreen over. Job done. Shut it down…. wait for next unsecured, unguaranteed bond maturity date. Even Noonan knows this Enda Kenny tactic is not going to last before the population explodes in anger.
You might be right Olive. I hope they’ve frozen his assets!
Typical cop bashing.. Do you folks not understand the cops only investigate crime. They must complete the file and send it to the DPP for him to direct a charge. He was always going to be released without charge in such a complex investigation.
3.6 billion ,arrests ,had to check my calendar to see if it was the first of april …..
I bet he has stayed overnight in better B&B’s!
finding 3,6 billion…. arrests ……had to check my calendar to see if it was the first of april….
Well we knew it was a publicity thing, he should have been given a medal while they were at it..
He may as well have gone to the shops for the paper, he would have a better interrogation from the shopkeeper
if it was a publicity stunt they would have held him a few more days…….
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